At the end of the day, Nik Bonitto’s jump off the line late in the fourth quarter Sunday meant — well, hardly anything. The outcome was never in doubt, the Broncos up 24-7 with three minutes to play. These were pure garbage-time reps.

But his takedown of Raiders backup Kenny Pickett was another notch towards something greater. For one, the 25-year-old outside linebacker now stands just one sack away from a career-best mark (13.5 in 2024), racking up two sacks on the Raiders to bring his tally to 12.5.

“It was a good feeling, for sure,” Bonitto said simply Sunday.

And for two, the Broncos now sit at 55 team sacks through 13 games — squarely in striking distance of the 1984 Chicago Bears’ all-time team sack record of 72.

It’ll take a large-scale effort to shatter that mark, as the Bronco

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